If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Glaciers are one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring landscapes. These powerful forces of nature have carved valleys, shaped ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers. How glaciers ...

Glaciers around the world are disappearing, and new research shows that this loss will speed up sharply in the coming decades ...

Glaciers in Central Asia have long managed to withstand rising temperatures and changing weather patterns. But now, the outlook is worsening. A study published Tuesday in the journal Communications ...

That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of continued retreat by the majestic masses of ice under the heat of global ...

A collapsing glacier roared down a mountainside in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday. It wiped out one village in its path. The destruction it caused surprised officials who blamed climate change. That is ...